Tire stand accessory



6, W49 0. v. TEEGARDEN TIRE STAND ACCESSORY Filed July 14, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TOR.

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N E D R A G E E T V O TIRE STAND ACCES SORY Filed July 14,, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 omu I N VEN TOR. F3529 araiew B Y patented Sept. 6, 194

UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE TIRE STAND ACCESSORY Otto V. Teegarden, Goshen, Ind. Application July 14, 1944, Serial No; 544,938 6 Claims. (01. 144 -288) My present invention relates to an accessory for a tire stand of the kind that is adapted to support a rim while the tire casing is being partially removed and replaced relative to the rim, such as the tire stand shown in my copending application, Serial No. 492,684 filed June 29, 1943, issued December 24, 1946 as Patent No. 2,413,010.

One object of the invention is to provide an accessory which is in the nature of a tire casing bead engaging hook for engaging the back bead of a casing while the front bead is held by other means and holding the back bead in a desired position while the user of the tire stand is inserting the valve stem of the inner tube through the opening provided therefor in the rim on which the tire casing is mounted.

Another and important object of the invention is to provide a bead hook of this general character and a means for supporting and manipulating it which causes the bead hook to pass through a desired cycle of operations in an automatic manner by mere movement back and forth of a single manually operable lever without the necessity of auxiliary controls and the attendant complications therefor as in my co-pending application. A further object is to provide a bead engaging hook which at one time is resiliently biased in onedirection and at another time is resiliently biased, in an apposite directien, all of which is accomplished by the mere movement back and forth of the manually operable lever without any premeditated thought on the part of the operator.

Still a further object is to provide an arrangement of rock shaft, main lever, hook operating lever with associated resilient snap acting mechanism and bead engaging hook so related to each other and operable from a manual control lever that the desired cycle of operations is performed in a given sequence and in such manner as to minimize the time of the operator in the valve stem inserting step of a tire changing operation.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a tire stand with my accessory mounted thereon andshown in a retracted or out-of-the-way position during one step of a tire replacing operation.

Figure la is an enlarged and partial sectional view of the lever at the top of Figure l.

-Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the accessory itself showing it moved to a position ready for the commencement of a snap action operation that changes the position of the bead engaging hook.

' Figure 3 is a similar view showin in dotted lines the engagement of the bead hook with the tire bead and in solid lines a subsequent movement for engaging the hook portion of the bead hook with the tire bead and pulling the bead rearwardly toward the tire stand, and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 wherein the bead hook has been released from the tire bead and may thereafter be returned to the initial positlon'of Figure 1.

7 On the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral H! to indicate a stand or post of a tire stand. Supported on the post i0 is a guide-way arrangement l2 having a stationary hook I4 at its upper end and a pair of slidable hooks l6 therebelow. The hooks M and it are adapted to engage a tire rim R for rigidly holding it in'position; the mechanism for effecting such engagement including a hydraulic jack l8 and associated mechanism as shown in my copending application.

resent day rims are mostly of the dropcenter type as illustrated and the tire for the rim is shown at T. In Figure l the rear bead of the tire casing T has been dropped into the dropcenter of the rim R and a pair of C hooks 28 have been manipulated as described in my copending application to spread the tire casing and thereby facilitate removal and replacing of the tire tube 22 (see Figure 3) with respect thereto. The parts so far described form no part of my present invention. My present invention has to do with an accessory for the tire stand comprising a bead engaging hook H havin a hook portion 24 and a pivot 26. The pivot 26 is carried by a main lever 28 which is'ireely pivoted on a rock shaft 39. The rock shaft 39 is journalled in a bracket 32 secured to the guide-way l2 and has rigidly secured thereto a pair of levers 34 and 36. A stop pin 38 is provided for the main lever 28 to, at times, engage a flange of the guide-way l2 as shown in Figure 2.

Also pivotally related to the main lever 28 is a hook operating lever 40. It is mounted in pivotal relation at 42 to one end of a link 44 whiclnin turn, is pivoted at it to the main lever. The hook operating lever has a link connection 43 with the bead engaging hook H as clearly shown in Figure 2 and has its opposite end arranged in the form of a V indicated at V. Cooperating with the V is a roller 50 journalled on a link 52 as by a stud 54, the link 52 being in turn pivotally mounted at 56 on the main lever 28. For engaging the roller 50 with the V of the lever 40 and thereby efiecting an over-center movement of the lever that biases it in either one of two directions, I provide a spring 58 connected to the stud 54 and to a second stud 60 mounted on the lever 40 adjacent the link 48. When the roller 59 is on the right side of the V it biases the hook H counter-clockwise and when it is on the left side of the V, it biases the hook clockwise. The point of the V thereby constitutes a eenter iposi-t tion, and when the roller is on either side of the V or over-center, the direction of biasfor the hook is reversed. This mechanism-callbaccordingly be considered broadly as an overcenter mechanism.

For operating the hook H, I provide a manual lev 62 pivoted: at 6.4- to.- a. bracket 6.610125 the t p of the. post In. The lever. 62 has; an ext ns on 68, which is. operatively connected: to. the. lever 34 by: means ofa rod 10. The bracket. 65: is a disc, the peripheral edge of which is formed on. a radius from the. pivot. 64: and: a releasetleyer 12 is; pivoted at 64 to. the disk. The. manual lever 62:. has a, cam, surface 63.. (see Figure la), between which and the disk aro ler 65"ismounted- The roller engages the. disc edge for permitting-free movement of the lever 62 in. the, direction of an arrow a but preventin movementthereofin the direction of the arrow b. except-when the release lever 12 is moved toward: the-IeVert'Z by squeezing the two in the hand. A-projection 1.3: on therelease lever 12 then moves the roller 65- against the bias of a spring "away .fromthe. cam surface 63-.so that it no. longer wedges between this surface and the periphery of the disk 66;

Prac l: o a i n In er on of re. stand. neces ar it and its associated; parts; are-'normally-in; the os of re T e eels H n h a s. rearwar henlane i; thev teen dee; Qt he rim R so that it is out of the way duringrgegnoval of the tire T from its mounted position on the rim R o, t e o ti n sh wn n ish ze 1-. e ddhring the removal of the inner tube}: in; relation to thetire casing.

Before the inner tube is replaced and while the i ca n s dropped nto; thedton. cen er o the r as s wn in Figure he: C1. hQQ1-2 are spreading the tire casing, lt; is now desirable to get the bead hook: H intopositionfor suhsequent en a ement withthe ee head. of he: e sing. This is accomplished;by gitaspjn e he levers 2; n 12 an ul i theint qrwe cdhr; n; the direction of the arrow 1) which-results in the d 70 moving d wa d sl hd e t dtby h arrow 0 in Figure 2 The entireassem-blytof main lever 28, hook operating lever: 40, linlg lfiand hook H e n int ral-assemb y w thithe rock shaft 39 and; its levers 34 and; 3 6; from the o t o o Figure dHe Qthe RI hs-JB; ba i he l r .8 in a n s t h. d ace t-t e1 en nd f he ight hand. incline o the the-enesitien of Figure 2 where the main lever is stoppedby ts pin n a theshide 12. erz hl h a of a. m having a. nel iv wn rr ndiner-ce t r hook'portion 24 ofthe hoo mayengage thegrim and serve as a stop.

At this time the lever-6 21 is pulled faigther for.- rd while he a ed smehhel v.nushe lieanwardly fromv the positionpf Figureg to thedotted position of Figure 3 for the purpose of snapping the roller 50 over the V of the lever 40. Since the main lever 28 has been stopped in its movement, further downward movement of the rod 10 will cause the lever 36 to swing the hook operating lever 40 clockwise in Figure 2 as to the dotted position in Figure 3. The lever 36 has a slot 43 cooperating with the pin 42 to permit this movement. Said movement moves the right hand side; of thev V to lift the roller and as soon as the roller passes the crest of the V, the spring 58 will act to lower the roller alon the left hand side of the V and thereby bias the lever 48. clockwise instead of counter-clockwise. This biases the hook H downwardly instead of upwardly. The result is a swinging of the hook from. the position of Figure 2 to the dotted position of Figure 3 wherein it engages the rear bead 78: ot the tire casing T (dotted position).

The lever 62 is now swung in a return direction (arrow wFig. 1;); to first. swing the entire assembly 3,=e3fi;-.-28.-40-..-4;8 and, H to the solid line position of. Figure; 3 while. the C- hooks 20 still hold the. outer bead 8.0; at, about the same position. After a little resistance is; offered to. the pull of the hook: by the: tire casing, further rearward movement of the; lever 62 will result in the Ve over-roller connection. again, changing position asfnom thedotted position. to: the full line position; in thishgureasthe lever 34, is further swung in the direction of the arrow: di The. hook; isnow' biased upwardlyagain by hesp ihe 58 inst ad... of: downwardly ut: in there is; considerable friction between the hook 24; and; the; bead; 18,, the; hook; H; does. not fly u -v wardly but remains in engagement with the head; for pulling. it as; to. the position shown in solidfllnese With the casing thus held', thelower half of theiinnerz-tube fl'. can be easily inserted and; thecasing; will not interfere. with the insertion; of; the valvestem 82. into. the valve stem opening 8}! of-therimR; The operator can insert his-hand through: the; space between the bead 89 andther-im Rwhilethe tire casing remains-spread by; the checksand. has plenty of room in which to align. the valve; stem: with its. opening 84 and insert; it whereas. without therhook, H, the space would; be; quite cramped. and. it would. be. difiicult to do-the job quickly. Considerable time is therebyisaved.

After the valve. stem has. been, inserted, he upper half; oft the innertubeycanj be readily inserted over the front side of the rim and laidv 111 the channel ofytherim. The C. hooks: can now be released; The hook H isthen released from the position. shQWIl- .by solid lines. in Figure 3 as it istnotloneer-needed This is accomplished in a simple manner by-movingg the lever 62 in the directiomoiflthe-arrow b again, .so .t;hat.the rod ll! theirmoves.downwardlyras:indicated by the arrow ftin Figure;.4-. .Thismqvesgtheihook portion 24 from;engagementtwithithe=beadt1d so that the spring 58; tl'i-lfQuglrZ the; V-over-roller' connection .snanh heck; upwardl and; rearwar y as inz 'l e ree Thereafi e he le er; 5.2. ay be moved: back: n he dir etion of: e a row a t etrac i hehook t nit l positi n hame n: F uree uehp it y be stopped by any suitable means-such as a bracket 86;f or;one-o f the hydraulic operatingmechanisms Qt he' e ndv.

1 The-- me ha ism: d sclosed. esu ts n a ep y hin-movement. orthe bead. e a in hoo H whereby, the shifting OI. thdhand operated lev 62 will becomes greater than (1) bring the support 28 of the bead hook into operative position (the rotation of the entire lever-link-hook asembly as a rigid unit upon pivot 30) then (2) as the support 28 reaches the proper position, the rotation of the entire lever-link-hook assembly is automatically stopped, and further shifting of the hand operated lever in the same direction merely swings the bead hook to engage the tire bead, (the rotation of the bead hook upon pivot 26-dotted position of Figure 3--the positive stopping of the rotation of the entire assembly by as engaging 12 resulting in the arm 35 moving the V toward the right, relative to the roller 50, thus moving the arm 40 over-center to the dotted position of Figure 3 as the spring which kept the 'whole assembly rigid in operation stretches and then contracts, the contraction tending to rotate the arm 46 clockwise about the pivot 42, thus biasing the hook H downwardly to the dotted position of Figure 3) then (3) upon shifting the hand operated lever in the reverse direction, the support 28 and the pivot 26 of the bead hook is moved back, thereby spreading the tire (the rotation of the entire linklever-hook assembly as a rigid unit upon pivot 36 to the solid line position of Figure 3, resulting in the resistance offered by the tire being less than the tension of the spring 58 which holds the assembly rigid in operation) and (4) when the resistance offered by the tire the tension of the spring 58, and the V passes the roller position of Figure 3, but the the spring yields as to the solid line tire casing still holds the hook, the tire being still spread, and enables the release of the bead hook by shifting the'hand operated lever in the same direction as initially under (1), thus disengaging the hook end 24 from the bead 18 so that the hook flies up to the position of Figure 4, permitting the tire to return to its unspread positionv The hand operated lever is then moved in the direction of the arrow a for getting the hook H out of the way as in Figure 1.

My bead engaging hook, while it has a number of mechanical parts, simplifies the operations necessary for positioning the hook as it can engage hook in one direction at one direction at another time. The function of the spring 58 and the hook operating lever it is to keep the whole assembly 28, 36, 35 and H rigid in one phase of the operation so that the support 28 for the hook end 24 can be brought into proper position by rocking the shaft all and to yield in another phase of the operat on so as to enable the hook 24 to be pivoted upon its support 28 by further rocking of the shaft til. Accordingly the bead hook can be operated in a desirable manner by a single lever that is swung back and forth and without the necessity of another control means for swinging the hook up and down in addition to swinging it forwardly and rearwardly. Accordingly the hook operates through a complete cycle without any special attention on the part of the operator other than the movement of the single lever (52 in the proper directions.

This greatly simplifies the operation of the hook for its intended purpose and cuts down the required time of the user in connection with inserting the valve stem through the opening 84 of the rim R. While the time saving on this one feature for a single tire is not great, it amounts to a considerable saving in time over a period of many hundreds of tire changes on the stand the bead and bias the time and in another andtherefore efiects a desirable economy in operation.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my device without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

I claim as my invention:

'1. In a tire stand accessory, a bead engaging hook adapted to engage the lower portion of that bead of a tire casing which is dropped into a dropcenter of a rim while the rim is held on a tire stand,and means for supporting and manipulating said hook comprising a main lever pivoted to the stand for moving said hook to a position for spreading the tire casing, a stop for said main lever, said hook being pivoted to said main lever for engagement with and disengagement from said bead, an oscillatable element for effecting both the movement of the main lever and the movement of the hook, and an operative connection for efiecting such movements by oscillation of said element comprising an over-center resilient connection between said hook and said main lever, said oscillatable element being connected with said over-center resilient connection to move said main lever and said hook as a unit in one direction while the hook is baised by said overcenter connection away from the tire bead and until the main lever is stopped by said stop, said oscillatable element upon further movement shifting said over-center resilient connection to its opposite position for engaging said hook with the tire bead, said oscillatable element upon return movement efiecting spreading of the tire casing until the casing offers such resistance to spreading as to overcome the resiliency of said over-center connection thereby causing it to return to its initial position biasing said hook away from said bead but with the hook frictionally engaging the bead to prevent unhooking thereof, so that reverse movement again of the oscillatable element releases the hook from the bead and said resilient connection thereupon swings the hook away from the bead.

2. In a tire stand accessory, a bead engaging hook adapted to engage the lower portion of that bead of a tire casing which is dropped into a drop-center of a rim while the rim is held on a tire stand, and means for supporting and manipulating said hook comprising a main lever pivoted to the stand, limiting means for the movement of said main lever in one direction, said hook being pivoted to said main lever, a rock shaft, a manually operable lever for rocking said rock shaft, and an operative connection from said rock shaft to said main lever and said bead hook comprising a two-position resilient over-center means for biasing said head hook in one direction relative to said main lever when said over-center means is in'one position, and for biasing said bead hook in the opposite direction relative to said lever when said over-center means is in the other position and a link connection from said rock shaft to said resilient over-center means for swinging said main lever and said hook therewith until the bias of said over-center means is overcome by said limiting means in one direction of movement of said main lever and by the resistance ofiered by the tire casing to the hook in the other direction of movement of said main lever, whereupon the over center means is -'movementniisaidnnainilever, nfierjed :by the ;tire casing to the :hook in the other direction oflmovement of said-:main lever, where- '7 changed thereby in either acase 71302328 apposite position.

.8. :a time .standlaccessory, at head engaging hook adapted ito engage a ahead :of a tire casing which is :dropped into a drop-center of a rim while :the is held 5011.121, and means --for supporting andzmanipulatingrsaid ihQQk mom- Jnrising a main flever pivoted .to *theista'nd, means to limit its pivotal :movement. in \one. direction, said head, hook heing a manually operated levenzasresilient ioverecenter means JOf goonnection :hetween;said bead dmok and :said imain leverfior biasingsaid beaddnook in one direction relative to said .mainplever when said -;over-centermeans is in 11116 position and for-hiaszingsaid rbeadhook :in "the :opnosite :directionrelaitive Fto :said main lever whenssaidmvere'center zmeans the other positiomandnn mperative connection between said manually .operablelever zand said saver-center means 'to .efiectnnovement of said main :lever and said head .hook :as ;a unit until the nnain .lever is stopped :by said means (to .ilimit its pivotal movement in one direction of D1 by theresistance :uuon the bias-:of-the over-centersmeans is vovericome and further movement of the amainilever moves the :hookdn the oppositedirection.

A. Altire stand accessory ;of the character disclosed comprising a bead engaging hook adapted for engaging the lower inortion Of that head of a tire casing which is dropped into :the dropcenter of a .rim supported on a tire stand; and

means .for supporting .-.and manipulating said head :hook comprising a ,main lever-pivoted to the tire stand, said beadihook having its hooked portion at one end and :having its .other end pivoted Ltosaid .main lever; amockzshait constitutingthe pivot for said main lever, tive :connection between said rock shaft. and. said ibead hook comprisinga-v-overerolleritype :of :con- ,nection between said main lever and said head hook, means extending from .said rock shaft and connected with said ,v-over-rollen connectionv for;

swinging it, said main lever ;and,said bead .hook lincopposite directions as -.the -;rock:shat is rocked, said V-over-roller connection including lmeans ior abiasing :the v and :the;rol1er:.relative1ytoward each other whereby said head ;hook, :in tone 111051-11 7 tion ofzthe wand roller, is biased itowardzthe tire casing :head, and in the '.other position :thereof -.is biased :awayzfrom the:bead.

5. 5A tire stand iaccessory -.comprising a head :engaging hook for the :bead 20f ta 'tirercasingis ipported on. a-rim which :in i turn is supported 1 by a itire-sstand, andzmeans-for supportingandmanipula-ting said head hook icomprising a :main .-lever pivoted ito the tire stand, :stop :means on {said main lever, said head hook rbeing pivoted to .-said smain lever, a frock shaft, :a manually :operable clever therefor, ;-and an operativeconnection-betweenrsaid rock shaft and said head hook, roompris-ing: over-centenmechanism :resilientlmbiasing and an opera-J :pivoted to :said mainz :1ever,

ar, lever tthe said head hooktowardzmovement in-one-idirectionl :relative :to said :main clever when the overecenter ineohanism is .on one Side -of tthe -,e,enter., and tin the other direction relative to saidlever when ithe nver-centernmechan'ism lis Im the zother side of rthe; center, -means extending from asaid'rrock sham and @oone atin with said .over-center' mechanismqfor mocking the entire -assembly -01 ztmimainlerer, :overecenter mechanism andlbead hook in one direction to a position with the hooked 'PQlitiOn Qi the :hook adjacent the bead when fiurtherunovement of the main lever is stopped rb}; the engagement of .said stop means with a anorticm of the stand, and thereafter effecting -:operation :of the over-center mechanism ,for enaaein' itheihook with the bead,.subsequent movementaonsaidgmanually operable lever in the oppositesdineotion reflecting spreading of the tire oas- ;HIg,1iQOHtinI-1ed movement of said manually operiableilevenin saidaother directionefieoting change mver wfisaidpverecenter mechanism -.upon sufficient vapsistarice it!) the movement of said bead hook -rheing ofllered by the tire casing subsequent move- Qment of saldsmanually operable lever in the first direction releasing-the hooked portion of said beadglhookjfrom the bead, whereupon @said overcenter mechanism swings the hook out of engagerment with andsaway fr m he be d.

*6. -A tire standqaccessory comprising a bead engagihgzhook ,fonthe head-10f a tire casing supported in-ea rim which in turn is supported by ea :ctirestand; andmieans for-supportingandmanipulating said/bead hook comprising a main lever (pivoted 130 'theitire stand vand having a limited :cnovement 1*111 pne direction, :said head hook (being pivoted toisaid {main .lever, an operating lever said headmook, and .an operative connection Thetween said operating lever and said head hook szomprising Weaver-roller zimechanism resiliently hiasing said .hook operating :lever toward movea 'mentjn iOIIBJjdiIQGtIOIl {relative to said main lever owhentthe sV.over-ro11er mechanism iszonone sside or the :center sand :in {the pther direction relative Gtmsaidzmfitn leverrwhen the V-over-roller mech- :amsmis onathe .other side of thecenter, said oper- :ating Fleverzmnving said main lever by resistance suffered-by :said 'VriQVBB'iIOllQI mechanism in one jrdirection'ztovposition the -hooked portion of the pheokradiacent the :bead when said Inain lever reaches said limit pf :movement and thereafter 5 seffcct :Qperatinn .of :the .v-overeroller mechanism -1forengagingithe hook-withthe bead, whereupon ,abicsubsequent movement of said operatin lever -..in :thezoppositezdirection, 213118 the casing bead may beeneaged and-.-moved,- eontinued movement or saidnperating lever in said :other direction .eifiectingzazchangeover ofsaid-veover-rollermechranismruponssufiicient resistanceto the movement mt saidfibeadlhookqbeing offered'bythe-tire casing, subsequent movement ror'said :manually operated first :direction releasing the hooked u portionrofasaid ibead hook .:from the head where- .upon said iv-eovereroller mechanism swings the lhonkzoutrof:engagementawithqand away from the dread.

OJTTO -V. TEEGARDEN.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name 1,358,805 weaver eta'l Q MIKE-I79 Weaver-renal Date Nov. 16,11920 May '28, 1929 

